You can create entries for a large number of employees with just a few clicks and, for example, create a company shutdown for several or all employees.
You can make the bulk entry for all employees, for employees in a specific department, for employees at a specific location, or for individually selectable employees. In the bulk entry you can also set the requests to “Approved” immediately, without requiring supervisors to approve them.
To do this, sign in to your account as an admin, click “Employees” at the top left, then under “Absences” click “Enter absence”. On the page, click the “Bulk entry” link next to the employee selection.
In bulk entries you can set the vacation to be approved immediately and not require approval by supervisors. This lets you, for example, enter a mandatory company shutdown for all employees between Christmas and New Year.
Note
If you want to enter a company shutdown that should be deducted from the vacation balance, enter vacation for the employees via a bulk entry. In Timebutler, you can create a new absence type “Company shutdown”. However, if you enter the absence entries as “Company shutdown”, the days will not be deducted from the vacation balance. Only vacation requests are deducted from the vacation balance.
If, on the other hand, you do not want the company shutdown to be deducted from the vacation balance, then [create a new absence type(/absence-management/absence-types/create-or-edit-an-absence-type/) “Company shutdown” and then make a bulk entry of the type “Company shutdown”. This company shutdown absence entry will not be deducted from the vacation balance.
Company shutdown bulk entry
